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Cheltenham Festival Day Two

Race 2 – RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

Wednesday 15 March 2017

               

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Race 2 b Aurillac.jpg

 

Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

O O Seven

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Aidan Coleman)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Aurillac

(T: Rebecca Curtis; J: Jonathan Moore)

and Heron Heights

(T: Henry de Bromhead; J: Phillip Enright)

 

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Race 2 d Bellshill.jpg

 

Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Marinero

(T: Henry de Bromhead; J: David Mullins)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Bellshill

(T: Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh)

 

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Race 2 f Might Bite.jpg

 

Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Briery Belle

(T: Henry Daly; J: Tom O’Brien)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Might Bite

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Nico de Boinville)

 

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Race 2 h Whisper.jpg

 

Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Our Kaempfer

(T: Charlie Longsdon: J: Sam Twiston-Davies)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Whisper

(T: Nicky Henderson: J: Davy Russell)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners are milling around at the start

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners head over the second fence;

Might Bite and Acapella Bourgeois lead the field

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

There are two circuits to travel

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

One circuit now to travel;

and there’s no change at the head of affairs

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The run-in;

it’s that ‘infamous’ swerve from the leader Might Bite

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Further up the run-in;

having gone off the straight and narrow,

Nico de Boinville urges his mount towards the line

as Whisper (hind-leg far right) sweeps past

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners return;

6th-placed Acapella Bourgeois (left)

(T: Sandra Hughes; J: Roger Loughran)

and 5th-placed O O Seven

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Aidan Coleman)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners return;

3rd-placed Bellshill (front)

(T: Alan King; J: Wayne Hutchinson),

4th-placed Alpha Des Obeaux (centre)

(T: Mouse Morris; J: Bryan Cooper),

and runner-up Whisper

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Davy Russell)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The winner returns;

having been headed on the run-in,

Might Bite gets back up to win by a nose

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Nico de Boinville)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The winner returns;

Might Bite

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Nico de Boinville)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The winner returns;

Might Bite

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Nico de Boinville)

 

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Race 2:

RSA Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The Winners’ Enclosure on the big screen;

Might Bite returns triumphant

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Nico de Boinville)

 

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